1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 2:15 AM EST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 315 AM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 COLD FRONT DROPPING SLOWLY SOUTH THRU IL/IN ATTM...MOST OF THE SHWR/TSTORM ACTIVITY IS LOCATED BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG THE H8 BOUNDARY. THIS FRONT WILL DIMINISH AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...JUST A VERY LOW CHANCE OF ANY PRECIP DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE DAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA. ALSO...TODAY A WAVE IS MOVING ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA...SHWRS AND A FEW TSTORMS WILL MOVE UP FROM TN DURING THE DAY. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ALL MOVES SOUTH AND EAST BY LATE EVENING WITH SOME CLEARING OF THE SKIES BY SAT MORN AS HI PRES MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. DRY SAT INTO SUN WITH THE SFC HI MOVING ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. ANOTHER WAVE MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE MON...A FEW SHWRS ACROSS THE SW PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...THEN THE BETTER CHANCE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FA TUE MORN INTO AFTN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS THE BOUNDARY STAYS NEAR THE FORECAST AREA...BEST CHANCE STAYS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH KENTUCKY TUE AFTN AND EVEN. DRY WED INTO THE LATE WEEK WITH SFC HI MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS REMAIN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THRU MOST OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WITH FORECAST AREA UNDER NORTHERLY FLOW...LEANED TOWARDS GFS SOLUTION. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SCHOTT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 415 AM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-260800- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK IN-CLARK KY- CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY- FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY- HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON IN-HARRISON KY-HART KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON IN-JEFFERSON KY-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALFE KY-MONROE KY- NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT IN-SCOTT KY-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY- TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON IN-WASHINGTON KY- WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARDSTOWN...BOWLING GREEN... CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA...DANVILLE... ELIZABETHTOWN...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG... HARRODSBURG...JASPER...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE... NEW ALBANY...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...STANFORD... VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 415 AM EDT (315 AM CDT) THU JUN 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NONE OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OF A SEVERE NATURE, HOWEVER BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN, LIGHTNING, AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY TUESDAY. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 933 AM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 KYZ028-029-038-045-053-251530- BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY-LARUE KY-NELSON KY-SPENCER KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARDSTOWN...ELIZABETHTOWN 933 AM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 A BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS A PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY WITH HOURLY AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL BE AROUND E-TOWN, HODGENVILLE, RADCLIFF, BARDSTOWN AND SHEPARDSVILLE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. BE ALERT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. JB
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Many streets in downtown Madison, including Water Street and Madison Avenue, were closed due to high water. Tates Creek rose out of its banks and reached within a few feet of some homes on Union City Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5406883.